GreenRoad, a fleet performance service provider, has secured $26 million in funding. Israel Growth Partners led the round with participation from return backers Amadeus Capital Partners, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Generation Investment Management and Virgin Green Fund. In addition to the funding, Haim Shani, general partner at IGP, has been added to GreenRoad’s board of directors.

Longmont, Colorado-based Terralux, a maker of LED lighting, has received $11 million in funding. EnerTech Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Generation Investment Management, Crawley Ventures, Emerald Technology Ventures and GC&H Investments.

Optoro has raised $50 million in Series C funding in a round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Other investors were Generation Investment Management, Revolution Growth, Grotech Ventures and SWaN & Legend Venture Partners. In conjunction with the funding, Daniel Oros, a partner at KPCB, has been added to its board. Based in Washington, D.C. and Maryland, Optoro is a provider of solutions that lets retailers and manufacturers increase revenue from returned and excess inventory.

Harvest Power has closed $20 million in funding. True North Venture Partners, Industry Ventures and Generation Investment Management were the lead investors. In addition to the funding, Michael Ahearn has been appointed the new chairman of Harvest Power’s board of directors. Harvest Power is a developer of renewable energy and fertilizer products from organic waste.

GreenBytes, a developer of cloud-scale IO-offload solutions has appointed chairman Steve O’Donnell as chief executive officer. Earlier this year, GreenBytes received $12 million in Series B funding led by London-based Generation Investment Management with participation from Battery Ventures and GreenBytes management.

Four-year-old Harvest Power, a Waltham, Mass.-based company that produces renewable energy and soils, mulches and natural fertilizers raised, has raised a $15 million extension to its $110 million Series C financing. The newest funds come for Tur Partners and Industry Ventures. True North Venture Partners led the initial round, alongside existing investors that include Kleiner Perkins […]

GreenBytes, a developer of energy-efficient inline data deduplication storage solutions has raised an additional $12 million in Series B funding from Generation Investment Management with participation from Battery Ventures and GreenBytes management. GreenBytes was founded in 2007 and is based in Ashaway, Rhode Island, USA. PRESS RELEASE GreenBytes®, Inc., a developer of high-performance, energy-efficient inline […]

TerraLUX, Inc. said it raised Series B funding of $18.3 million in a round led by Generation Investment Management and joined by existing investors Emerald Technology Ventures and Access Venture Partners. Also participating were several private investors as well as founder Anthony Catalano and members of the management team. PRESS RELEASE TerraLUX Closes Series B […]

Harvest Power, the Waltham, Mass.-based developer of renewable energy and fertilizer products from organic waste, mulches and natural fertilizers, has raised $110 million in new funding. True North Venture Partners led the investment with American Refining and Biochemical Inc. Existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures and Generation Investment Management also participated. The […]

Harvest Power, a developer of renewable energy and fertilizer products from organic waste, said Tuesday that it had extended its $51.7 million Series B financing. Zurich-based SAM Private Equity added a $6 million investment to the round. The company is also backed by Generation Investment Management, DAG Ventures, Keating Capital, Kleiner Perkins, publicly traded Waste Management, Munich Venture Partners, and TriplePoint Capital.

Harvest Power, a company developing renewable energy and fertilizer products from organic waste, has closed on a whopping $51.7 million in Series B financing. London-based Generation Investment Management led the round. Other investors included DAG Ventures, Keating Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, publicly traded Waste Management, Munich Venture Partners and TriplePoint Capital. The company’s technology is designed to process various kinds of organic waste, including food scraps, yard trimmings, scrap wood and other organics. Harvest Power, which says it is profitable, recently broke ground on its first commercial-scale facility in North America. The new money will help Harvest expand its facilities and technologies.

Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management will launch a $500 million fund to invest in Asian stocks, Reuters reported, citing a Bloomberg article. The fund, which will be separate from the firm’s venture capital business, will buy shares of Asian companies that are focused on on “economic, social and environmental” sustainability, Reuters wrote. Former vice president Gore formed London-based Generation Investment Management in 2004.

President Obama emphasized clean energy in his State of the Union address on Monday, calling on the nation to get 80% of its electricity from renewable and other sources by 2035. It seems like the venture community anticipated his plea. Clean energy comes in a number of different flavors, according to Obama. Wind, solar, nuclear, […]